US President Barack Obama met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin three times on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific summit on Tuesday, with their conversations covering Iran, Syria and Ukraine, the White House said. … …read more Source: ANTARA...

BEIJING – US President Barack Obama met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin three times on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific summit on Tuesday, with their conversations covering Iran, Syria and Ukraine, the White House said. …read more Source: Bangkok...

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott opted not to “shirtfront” Russian President Vladimir Putin during a short meeting today in China aimed at clearing the air before he hosts the Group of 20 summit this weekend. Having pledged in October to challenge Putin when they met, and then saying on Nov. 8 he’d have a “robust” talk with the Russian...

Relations between Washington and Moscow are at their lowest since the Cold War, with Russia under US-backed Western sanctions over its seizure of the Crimea this year and its role in the separatist war in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...

BEIJING: President Vladimir Putin and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Tuesday urged a quicker probe into the MH17 crash but the two leaders appeared to avoid diplomatic butting of heads, the Kremlin said. Abbott had famously vowed to “shirtfront” Putin — an Australian Rules football term in which a player charges an opponent — over the...

BERLIN (Reuters) – The European Union’s new foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said in Berlin on Tuesday that foreign ministers from the bloc would discuss whether to increase sanctions on Russia, and how to help Ukraine, when they meet in Brussels next week. …read more Source: The...

BEIJING – A couple of brief encounters between Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin during an Asia-Pacific summit in China on Tuesday spoke volumes about the chilly state of relations between the United States and Russia.With the two men crossing paths twice this week, first in Beijing and later at a G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia, there was...

BEIJING: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Russian President Vladimir Putin urged investigators to speed up the probe into a July plane crash in eastern Ukraine, a spokesman for the Kremlin said on Tuesday. …read more Source: New Straits...

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden on Monday warned Russia of more costs over what he called Moscow’s continuing violation of a ceasefire deal over eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: China Internet Information...